ORGANISATION

General Assembly

The General Assembly is the highest governing body in the Federation. It is composed of full, associated, supporting and honorary members. The General Assembly meets at least once every two years, during the annual conference.

The FIAT/IFTA Commissions

The commissions offer what our members like best about FIAT/IFTA: the knowledge and advise of colleagues. Archival experts with valuable practical knowledge and day-to-day experience represent the domain-related knowledge. The commissions indeed form an important basis for FIAT/IFTA to function as a helpful, relevant and knowledgeable organisation for its members.

Executive Council

FIAT/IFTA is managed by an Executive Council consisting of twelve members elected by the General Assembly. The Council is headed by a President elected by FIAT/IFTA members at the General Assembly every two years. The General Secretary, the Treasurer and the Vice-presidents are appointed by the Executive Council among its members. The President and the Executive Council determine the objectives and outcomes of federation’s actions.

Media Management Commission

The Media Management Commission specialises in current and future trends in metadata and media management and in their causes and consequences when it comes to: 'The archive as an organisation', 'The technologies used' & 'The skills of the archivists'.

Preservation & Migration Commission

The main objective of the Preservation – Migration Commission (PMC) is to deal with aspects related to the preservation and migration of any kind of audiovisual content on a long-time perspective. This concerns analogue as well as digital material, and the different solutions in order to guarantee the accessibility of audiovisual contents.

Value, Use and Copyrights Commission

The mission of the Value, Use and Copyrights Commission is to provide a forum for members and experts in the field working together to support valorization, exploitation and opening up of audiovisual collections focused on the end user, e.g. general audiences, education, tourism, and other sectors.

The core objective of the commission is to gather and share experience and knowledge of all aspects in the process of opening up collections in a digital environment (value assessment, copyright and Intellectual Property issues, technology, ethics, user experiences, storytelling, curation etc.) in order to increase awareness and grow the value of audiovisual archives worldwide.

Media Studies Commission

FIAT/IFTA Office

The Office will take care of managing the standard repetitive activities. The Office is a facilitator, coordinator and enabler at the service of the EC and all our members. The Office ‘acts’ so that the EC can focus more on its strategic tasks. The EC gives the strategic orientations to the office activities, ensuring that standard activities are well defined and are carried out for the benefits of all EC members and FIAT/IFTA as a hole.